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BRIDE RECOMMENDED: Bride by Ali Hazelwood is $1.99! I didn’t see this as a KDD yesterday, so I hope it sticks around for at least 24 hours. Carrie gave this one a B+ : I enjoyed Bride so m...

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This guest review is from Danielle Fritz. Danielle is a former librarian who has a special affection for children’s lit and books about the funeral industry. She first cut her criticism teeth a...

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KISS HER ONCE FOR ME Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun is $1.99! I remember Aarya being excited for this one in Hide Your Wallet, but it seems like there was too much emphasis on pop cultu...

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Well. This sucks. Currently I’m sitting with two sets of feelings. I’m already so tired, and scared, and discouraged. And tired. We just did this. I have semi-accurate predictions of how th...

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We’re back with your, and our, weekly Gift Guides! Every Wednesday until the week before Christmas (AND Hanukkah?!) we’ll be sharing links, suggestions, and ideas for holiday gifts. We want t...

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HOW YOU GET THE GIRL How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly is $2.99! This is book three in the Nashville Love series and it was released in February! Many readers of the Bitchery have enjoyed Ke...

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This HaBO request is from Delia, who is trying to help a friend find this book: The heroine is an astronaut or scientist on a fairly normal space travel mission, but ends up either back in time, ...

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Welcome back to Hide Your Wallet! Just a small handful of books for us this week. I also wouldn’t blame publishers if they decided to bump release weeks to another Tuesday. We have dark fairyta...

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Hey y’all. Here’s a relaxing image! I need that hammock plus some pillows, a blanket, and noise cancelling everything. Today feels like being up to my neck in icy maple syrup: unpleasant and ...

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THE KRAKEN’S SACRIFICE The Kraken’s Sacrifice by Katee Robert is $2.49! This is book two in the Deal with a Demon series. This is under 200 pages and feels like a rare miss from Robert, ba...

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Welcome back to Cover Awe! Cover illustration by Syd Mills From Cleo: Just look at it! It’s gorgeous. And it fits the book perfectly – a moody, sexy Sapphic UF romance between an ex-demon hun...

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THE TRANSCRIPT FOR PODCAST 639. RT REWIND: NOVEMBER 2015 REVIEWS HAS BEEN POSTED! This podcast transcript was handcrafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. ❤ Click ...

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Our latest bestseller list is brought to you by crunchy leaves, discounted bags of candy, and our affiliate sales data.

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The Gift Guides officially start on Wednesday, but I wanted to post this ASAP so – quick and early gift guide! NB: some links in this and future gift guides include affiliate links which send a...

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Kim is a longtime SBTB reader. She writes boring professional documents by day to fund her ever-growing TBR pile, which is currently overflowing with T. Kingfisher, mystery thrillers, and MM roma...

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There is a huge list of amazing Kindle Daily Deals, so I decided to just go overboard in listing some highlights. 

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The temps are lowering, the holidays are coming, and ’tis the season to treat yourself! (Note: for a solid self-gift this month in the queer romance realm, check out the new edition of Alyssa C...

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It’s time to take a look at the new books in November 2015 inside Romantic Times! We’ve got spanking and small towns, and a magazine that seems more targeted toward aspiring writers than read...

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STRANGE BEASTS Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris is $1.99! Thank you to everyone who let us know about this sale and fingers crossed it sticks around. Elyse recently gave this an A : This is ...

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Hi! This Rec League request is from me (Amanda) and I thought it was a good tie-in for Halloween. I was thinking about how much I enjoyed Slouch Witch when we recently featured it on sale. I love...

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WHEN A SCOT TIES THE KNOT RECOMMENDED: When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare is $1.99! If you haven’t read a Dare book before or have missed out on this one, I highly suggest rectifying tha...

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Welcome back to Wednesday Links! Tomorrow is Halloween and wow the end of October really snuck up on us. Does anyone have any fun Halloween plans or just wants to share their fun costume ideas? L...

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THE SALT GROWS HEAVY RECOMMENDED: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw is $2.99! Thanks to everyone who let us know about this sale! Carrie gave this one a Squee grade : Dear readers, I wo...

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This HaBO request is from Katharina, who is hoping to find this romance from 80s: Unfortunately I remember very little, but I’d love to find this book again. It was a slim Regency Romance (coul...

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Happy Tuesday! It’s a short and sweet release week for us at SBTB HQ! For us, there are only three books that make the list this week. From here on out, things seem to slow down a little bit as...

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YOU HAD ME AT HOLA You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria is $1.99! We mentioned this in previous Hide Your Wallet posts and it was recommended on a couple podcasts. We were all very excited for it ...

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Welcome back to Cover Snark! From Rachael: I have so many questions: Does she not want him to save her from what looks to be an alligator? Is that alligator okay? His hips seem off. Should his gu...

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Amazon has many pages of fantasy and sci-fi novels on sale today! Check out the full list here.

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Welcome back to Get Rec’d! This time around, I have a couple younger reads: a picture book and a graphic novel. I’ve also include some nonfiction and horror. Look, we’re knee deep in spooky...

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Happy Saturday and welcome back to Whatcha Reading! Here’s how we’re wrapping up October: Lara: To quote my psychiatrist, ‘pregnancy is a potent and unique stressor’ so I’ve temporarily...

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THE TRANSCRIPT FOR PODCAST 638. SMART BITCHES AFTER DARK – TARA INTERVIEWS SARAH & AMANDA HAS BEEN POSTED! This podcast transcript was handcrafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter...

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THE ROAD TRIP The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary is $1.99! This is a contemporary romance where a woman inadvertently goes on a road trip with her ex to a mutual friend’s wedding. For the most p...

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Tara Scott, staff writer at SBTB and co-host of the Queerly Recommended podcast, is in the interviewer’s chair, asking Amanda and me questions about Smart Bitches After Dark, our new community ...

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Here is a news report that absolutely dropped my jaw: the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds (TAAF) has released a report that debut romance author Colby Wilkens, whose bio says she is of Choctaw and...

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THE MONSTERS WE DEFY RECOMMENDED: The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope is $2.99 and a Kindle Daily Deal! Sarah read this one and gave it a B : I liked the painstaking and careful characte...

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Strange Beasts is so much fun that the minute I finished the book, I downloaded the audio for my husband to listen to. This is a paranormal adventure meets gothic mystery with a sapphic love stor...

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Welcome back, everyone! We’re having a string of warmer weather in New England and it’s really harshing my fall vibes. I also keep seeing photos or reels of people I know receiving “boo bas...

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ONE NIGHT IN HARTSWOOD One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny is 99c! This was mentioned on a previous podcast with Freya Marske and Dahlia picked its rerelease for one of her monthly Queer Roman...

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It’s time! Smart Bitches After Dark is open to everyone for registration! You can register now! Come on in, the mayhem is delightful! You might have seen our first After Dark posts go up the p...

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Death at Morning House is a YA that’s part historical mystery, part haunted house story. I enjoyed it, but I kept getting pulled out of the story because it seemed wildly implausible to me that...

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THE TRANSCRIPT FOR PODCAST 637. RT REWIND OCTOBER 1988 ADS & FEATURES HAS BEEN POSTED! This podcast transcript was handcrafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. ❤ C...

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FANGIRL DOWN Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey is $1.99! This is book one in the Big Shots series and features a golfer, which we don’t often see in sports romance. I think I remember Elyse rea...

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This HaBO comes from Kiruthika, who is trying to find this Mills & Boon romance. Content warning for mentions of abuse and rape: It’s a 70s or 80s Mills and Boon that my mom had that I sneakily...

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Happy Tuesday! A bit of a bite-sized Hide Your Wallet this week, with one release leftover from late last week that I neglected to include. I can hardly believe October is nearly over! Time to co...

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WHAT IS LOVE? What is Love? by Jen Comfort $2.49 on Amazon! Both characters in this romance are quiz game show champions that are brought back for a “champions only” episode. I was kind of ...

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OverDrive is the company that provides a lot of digital content to libraries. If you’ve borrowed an ebook or an audiobook in Libby,  or read a magazine in Kanopy, that’s OverDrive. It seems ...

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This week’s bestseller list is brought to you by sweet and salty snacks, a weighted heating pad, and our affiliate sales data!

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Welcome to Book Beat! Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a l...

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SPOILER ALERT RECOMMENDED: Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade is $1.99! Shana reviewed this one in October and gave it a B+ : Spoiler Alert is tropey wish fulfillment, but at its heart, it is a qu...

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It’s time for the Ads & Features of the October 1988 (!!) issue of Romantic Times Magazine. Y’all. We’ve got: Vintage gossip! Blind items that are very easy to guess! Danielle Steel’s two...

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In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the glorious  ads and features for the October/November 1988 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Amy M. for this issue! You can also find all ...

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If you’ve noticed CloudFlare verifying that you’re human, that’s because I had to enable extra security because of a DDOS attack. I also woke up to 1500+ spam email messages sent through co...

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THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna $1.99! Thanks to everyone who let us know about this one! Fingers crossed it’s stil...

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Hello, everyone! We have a slightly different Rec League this week. On a bonus episode of the podcast, which we release for SBTB Podcast Patreon members, Sarah asked me to come up with some fall ...

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Welcome, everyone! My partner and I are officially homeowners and we got to sign our paperwork in a haunted law office. Absolute perfection. We won’t move in for a bit because there’s paintin...

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ALL THE RIGHT NOTES All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim is $2.99! Dahlia mentioned this one in her monthly queer romances column. It was also Lim’s debut and I’ve heard good things about it....

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This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviews at ...

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THAT TIME I GOT DRUNK AND SAVED A HUMAN That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming is $2.99! This is book three in the Mead Mishaps series. Carrie reviewed the first book in ...

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This HaBO is from Smiley, who is hoping to find this romance: I am desperately looking for a book that had these scenes. 1. The book is part of a series and contains characters from prior series....

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Welcome back, everyone! A petite, little release week for us. The rest of the month is also on par, with roughly 5-6 books we’re excited for each week until we close out October. I haven’t ev...

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STARLING HOUSE Starling House by Alix E. Harrow is $2.99! Sarah and I mentioned this in Hide Your Wallet last October. I think I wound up grabbing it in audio, but am notoriously bad at whittli...

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Welcome back to Cover Snark! From Shirley: At first glance the proportions of the cover warrior looked all wrong, shoulders too much and abs to waist too little. Sarah: That looks like a barber�...

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Ok, I have two or three more colors for this series, but I need to take a little side trip this week. I noticed something that I just had to share with you while gathering covers over the past fe...

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Welcome back to Whatcha Reading! Here’s how we’re kicking off October: Elyse: I am reading The Black Hunger which reminds me a lot of a Call of Cuthulu adventure. It’s set partially in Indi...

https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/whatcha-reading-october-2024-part-one/

THE TRANSCRIPT FOR PODCAST 636. SWORDCROSSED COZY ROMANTASY WITH FREYA MARSKE HAS BEEN POSTED! This podcast transcript was handcrafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks....

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MISS PERCY’S POCKET GUIDE (TO THE CARE AND FEEDING OF BRITISH DRAGONS) Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide (to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons) by Quenby Olson is 99c! Big thank you to everyo...

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Freya Marske’s new book Swordcrossed is out this week, and she’s joining us from the other side of the planet to talk about what she calls, “Fantasy of manners, mercantile edition.” We al...

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